On WITF public radio, Susan Ellenberg, PhD, commented about the pressure on current clinical trials for COVID-19 therapeutics. “It’s not so different from the way it was years ago, when I was at the NIH during the early days of the AIDS epidemic,” she says.Hear the segment starting at minute 23:50.

Michael Levy, PhD, doesn’t think we can maintain our initial social distancing standards for the duration of the COVID-19 epidemic, he told the Associated Press. “The analogy of pumping car brakes on an icy road is what we should be thinking about.”

Speaking with The Atlantic, Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, advised on exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic: It's okay to go for a walk outside, but maintain safe social distance from people you encounter.

Think in terms of months, not weeks, write medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, Susan Ellenberg, PhD (biostatistics) and Michael Levy, PhD (epidemiology) in a New York Times opinion piece. We need to stop picturing that ubiquitous “flatten the curve” chart and start imagining a roller coaster.

Why are so many patients dying after lung transplants? A new study led by Jason Christie, MD, MSCE, aims to identify risk factors for chronic lung allograft dysfunction, the top cause.

Michael Levy, PhD, argues that a last-minute amendment weakens Philadelphia’s plan to stop being the nation's No.1 most bedbug infested city. Bedbugs are difficult to eliminate from homes, but they are not so difficult to control in a city, he writes. With the proper push, Philadelphia could turn around the epidemic.

"Our study showed that transplants with HCV-infected kidneys are now routinely performed at many centers, and they are functioning well at one year after transplant," said study co-leader Peter Reese, MD, MSCE.

Chronically ill people, especially, are at risk in hot weather, comments Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD. His team has found some protective measures: heart failure patients who take diuretics, for instance, are more likely to survive hot temperatures if they also take potassium supplements.

President Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at improving the care of kidney patients. In an interview, Nwamaka D. Eneanya, MD, MPH, commented that a goal of having 80% of patients with end-stage kidney disease use home dialysis or receive a transplant would be a monumental change.

Why are bed bugs on the rise in cities like Philadelphia, and what dangers do they pose? Michael Z. Levy, PhD, comments as part of this live radio show.